Australian Open: day 2, the debut of Schwartzman, Bagnis and Djokovic, live

The presentations of three light blue and white rackets and the expected return of

to the courts of

, after the novel he starred in last year, will animate the second day of competition of the

, which will start at the Argentine night this Monday.

Diego Schwartzman

, ranked 26th and seeded 23rd, was one of the first to take the field.

From 9:00 p.m. in our country and on ESPN, he faces the Ukrainian

, 188th in the ranking, coming from the

and debuting in Grand Slams.

El Peque won the first set 6-4. 

The Argentine, a semifinalist at Roland Garros 2020, arrived at the tournament with a left adductor injury suffered in the duel against

for the first round of the

, his first tournament in 2023 (he withdrew after losing 6-1 the first set).

And although the problem is not as serious as it seemed at first, he himself acknowledged this Monday that his participation was not guaranteed.

Luckily, he jumped onto the field.

"Everything will depend on my feelings and how much pain I have these days to see if I get to play or not," he told

who has not missed a Grand Slam since Wimbledon 2014.

Schwartzman started well. Photo: EFE/EPA/FAZRY ISMAIL

Also in the first shift, from 9:00 p.m. (only on Star+),

debuts .

The man from Santa Fe, 32 years old and 91st in the ranking, will have a very tough commitment in the first round against the British

, 25th seeded.

Bagnis will be playing in the Australian main draw for the third time and looking for his first win.

In his two previous appearances, he was fired on debut.

In 2017, he fell, precisely to Evans, in the only duel they played between them in their careers.

And in 2022, with the Chilean Cristian Garín.

The best historical performance of him in a "big" is the third round of the US Open 2021.

Pedro Cachín

, the third Argentine to see action on the Australian Tuesday, will not have an easy start either.

Because he will collide in the second turn, around 11 p.m. (by Star +), with the Spanish

, 15th in the world.

Cachín will play Australia's main draw for the first time.

Photo EFE/EPA/CJ GUNTHER

The Cordovan will have his absolute debut in the oceanic Grand Slam, which will be the third tournament in this category in his career.

In a dream of 2022 for him -with great performances, he climbed 201 places in the ranking to reach his best historical position (54th)-, he reached the second round of Roland Garros and the third of the US Open.

Located today in 58th place in the standings, the native of Bell Ville will play his second ATP match against Carreño.

The first was in the round of 16 in Córdoba, in 2019, with the Argentine's victory against his people due to the abandonment of his rival.

This Monday, at the start of the competition, Argentine tennis celebrated the triumphs of

and

-the first for both at this level of tournaments- and

.

Meanwhile,

(he lost to Cerúndolo),

and

said goodbye . 

Djokovic's time

Beyond the presentations of the Argentines and many favourites, the eyes of the world will be on what will happen in the duel of the last turn of the Rod Laver Arena, in which

will  star in his return to the Australian Open one year after having been deported from that country for his refusal to be vaccinated against Covid-19 and after several days of controversy.

The Serbian, today fifth in the ranking, will collide with the Spanish

in the night session on the center court -around 7 in the morning in Argentina, on ESPN- and will seek to take the first step in the search for his tenth title in Melbourne and the 22nd in a Grand Slam, with which he would match the historical record that is held by

.

In the closing hours on Monday, an alarm went off when the former number one was seen training with a large bandage on his left thigh and many began to speculate about a possible retirement for

.

However, he himself ruled out that possibility.

"Everything is fine, we'll see you at the game," he said in an informal chat with journalists from his country.

The duel between the Serbian and the Spanish will close the day's action at Rod Laver, which will have four favorite duels beforehand.

Three from the women's draw:

(5th)-Tereza Martincova;

(4th)-Katherine Sebov (in the first two turns) and

(2nd)-Tamara Zidansek (in the previous Djokovic).

And a fourth, unmissable, for the men's draw, which will star - around 1 in the morning in our country - the Italian

, 13th seed, and the Scotsman

, former number one in the world.

Another of the highlights will be the clash between the Russian

, fifth seed, and the Austrian

, who became number 3 in the world before being hampered by injuries and received a wild card to play the tournament.

Zverev will play a big tournament again after the severe ankle injury he suffered at Roland Garros 2022. Photo EFE/EPA/DIEGO FEDELE

The German

will also reappear in an important tournament , after the serious ankle injury he suffered in the semifinal of the last Roland Garros against Nadal.

Sascha, the 12th seed, will meet the Peruvian

(lucky loser) not before 00:30, at the Margaret Court Arena.

In the last duel on that same court, the Norwegian

, second favorite, will begin the search for his first Grand Slam -after two lost finals last year, at Roland Garros and the US Open- against the Czech

(115th ).

With information from AFP

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